Map of Lens and surrounding areas in Belgium overlaid with a grid labelled alphanumerically. Printed by the Ordnance Survey. Includes a reference list showing the locations of enemy trenches, British front line, entanglements, enemy tracks, supply dumps, mine craters, trench railway among many other features. Also includes a glossary on the verso. Noted on map: "Trenches corrected to 10-2-17."

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section

Subject

• Grids (Cartography)
• Military history
• Intrenchments
• World War (1914-1918)
• Military maps

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Geographical Section, General Staff No. 3062

Date created

• February 1917

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 68 x 93 cm

Alternative title

• Lens. 36C S.W. a. Edition 8.A.

Edition

• Edition 8.A.

Geographic Coverage

• Belgium--Lens

Coordinates

• 50.55696, 3.89946

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 1:10,000
• Lower left corner of map missing.
• Pencil and ink annotations on verso of map.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Military History Collection

Provenance

• Donor: A.G. Mitchell, Esq.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• military maps
• historical maps
• maps (documents)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2018-042; File: Trench Maps; Item: sh. 36CSW1 1917 - Lens

Fonds title

• Military maps collection

Fonds identifier

• SC122

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-maps-collection

Date digitized

• March 2024

Technical note

• Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15; 283; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/75vk-qp36

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